Appliance for ash pails or cans.



J. KOHLMANNf A PPLIANGE FOR ASH PAILS 0B. CANS.

APPLICATION TILED APR.19. 1911.

Patented July 4, 1911.

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JAKOB KOHLMANN, or NEW'YORK, N. Y.

APPLIANCE FOR ASH FAILS OR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4c, 1911.

Application filed April 19, 1911. Serial No. 622,126.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AKOB KOHLMANN, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for AshPails or Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ash cans or pails and the objectthereof is to provide an appliance, whereby a dustless sifting andsorting of the coal removed from the stove will be rendered possible.

To accomplish my object, I provide a receptacle adapted to be removablyplaced into the pail and provided with a double bottom, one of which isformed as a sieve, and the other is solid and tiltablet The tiltablebottom is provided with means, whereby on closing the pail, the solidbottom will be tilted into open position, permitting the ashes and smallparticles of the coal contained in the said removable receptacle to dropinto the pail.

My invention also consists in the combination, construction andarrangement of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specificationand in which similar reference letters denote corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a vertical section of an ash can containing my appliance;Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the can, the cover of the pail beingremoved; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is asection on line 44: of Fig. 2.

(4 denotes an ordinary ash can or pail of tin or the like. Adapted tofit into the mouth of the ash can is a receptacle 7), which is shaped toconform with the shape of the can and which is formed. at its upper endwith an annular flange 0 which when the receptacle is placed into thecan, will rest on the upper margin of the latter holding the receptaclein position. This receptacle is provided with a double bottom, of whichone, cl, is perforated or formed of a netting to serve as a sieve, andthe other, e, is solid and tiltable. This tiltable bottom in the exampleshown, consists of two wings or halves, which at their adjoining edges 6are hinged or otherwise tiltably mounted on a cross spindle f secured inthe receptacle below the perforated bottom cl. Secured to the outermargin of each half of the tiltable bottom e is a U-shaped wire, or hoopg, the lateral parts of which are slightly curved and slidably guided insockets h secured to the receptacle 6 and the transversal portion ofwhich is adapted to project outwardly from the receptacle 5, when thetiltable bottom wings are in closed position. The cover 2' for the canis so admeasured, that its depth is smaller than the height of theoutwardly projecting part of the hoop 9, so that when the cover 2' ofthe can is put onto the latter, the hoop 9 will be depressed, causingthe wings of the solid bottom 6 to swing into open position. Thus thecoal removed from the sto e instead of, as hitherto, being throwndirectly into the can, and then sorted, which causes much dust, isthrown into the receptacle 7), and the latter placed into the can. Byclosing the latter by means of the cover 2', the tiltable bottom 6 willbe caused to open, permitting the ashes and small particles of coal todrop down into the pail, while coarse pieces of coal will remain on theperforated bottom (Z of the receptacle. A little shaking of the closedpail will help the assortment, without making any dust. The receptaclemay then be removed from the can and the can containing the ashes closedand put outside to be emptied.

WVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of manufacture, the combination with an ash can havinga cover, of an appliance, consisting of a receptacle adapted toremovably fit in said ash can, and having a double bottom, of which oneis sieve-shaped and the other solid and tiltable, and means whereby thesaid tiltable bottom will be tilted into open position by the cover ofthe can, when put on to the latter.

2. In an article of manufacture, the combination with an ash can havinga cover, of can when applied to tilt the said latter an applianceconsisting of a receptacle bottom. 10 adapted to removably fit in saidash can, and In testimony whereof I aflix my signature havin a doublebottom, of which one is in presence of two witnesses.

sieve-shaped and the other solid and tiltable, J AKOB KOHLMANN. and amember secured to said tiltable bottom Witnesses:

and projecting outwardly, said member being ELLIS V. LEVY,

adapted to be depressed by the cover of the MAX D. ORDMANN.

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Washington, D. G.

